{"id":244121,"date":"2017-07-11T09:02:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T16:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=244121"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:28:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:28:08","slug":"max-holloway-wants-frankie-edgar-fans-want-conor-mcgregor-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/max-holloway-wants-frankie-edgar-fans-want-conor-mcgregor-rematch\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Holloway wants Frankie Edgar, fans want Conor McGregor rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year, interim UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway stepped into the Octagon with Jose Aldo to fight for the undisputed featherweight championship. After weathering an early storm, Holloway managed to defeat Aldo via 3rd round TKO<\/a> to cement his place as the king of the UFC’s 145 pound division.<\/p>\n

Following the fight, all signs pointed to former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar being Holloway’s next opponent<\/a> for his first title defense, despite a campaign from Cub Swanson<\/a> for a title shot.<\/p>\n

\"Frankie<\/p>\n

Despite the assumption being that Edgar would be next in line for a title shot, and Holloway’s willingness to fight<\/a> the former lightweight champ, there was another name Holloway continued to hear: Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n

He spoke to MMAJunkie<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s actually (UFC lightweight champion Conor) McGregor,\u201d Holloway said. \u201cEverybody keeps saying \u2018McGregor, McGregor.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Guys, that guy\u2019s boxing right now. He\u2019s got other things. Respect to that guy, he\u2019s got other things.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, at the end of the day, we\u2019re not here to talk about that guy,\u201d Holloway said. \u201cThat guy\u2019s not even in my sport right now. That guy\u2019s over there focusing on boxing. This is called mixed martial arts. They know who to call. they\u2019ve got Dana White\u2019s number. They\u2019ve got my manager\u2019s number.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the best 145-er in the world, and if they\u2019ve got a question of me going up to 155, I\u2019ll do it no problem. I love eating. I\u2019m Polynesian. You can see \u2013 my chubby cheeks is giving it away a little bit.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Max<\/p>\n

With that being said, Max Holloway spoke about Edgar as his next opponent, saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is there to say \u2013 that\u2019s another legend,\u201d Holloway said. \u201cThat\u2019s another legend of our sport, of the lower weight classes, and I can\u2019t wait. I\u2019ve been wanting to fight that guy forever, for a long time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been calling him out for a while now. And now we\u2019re here. Now we\u2019ve got to figure out, we\u2019ll see what happens. We\u2019ll see if we get it done. If it\u2019s at MSG, it\u2019s even better \u2013 that\u2019s history.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 7\/11\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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